Open Heart Surgery
Read the following article on pages 803-816, Case 19 from your course textbook Strategic Management in Health Care Organizations.
"The Case for Open Heart Surgery at Cabarrus."
Based on your reading of the above article, create a 4- to 5-page report in Microsoft Word document that covers the following questions:
• Why is the hospital considering this additional service?
• Does the hospital and community really need this service? Why or why not?
• What should be the most important characteristics of a hospital in which one would want to have an open heart surgery?
• Is it financially viable for a hospital to offer this service? What costs and revenues would you predict to know the viability? Would any revenues cover the costs of offering this service?